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Cryptoassets - All Circuits

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What the Team is Known For

Twenty Essex has a strong cryptoasset practice with barristers appearing in some of the largest and most notable cases in the field. Members have experience both in the litigation surrounding the area as well as advising on regulation for new technology. One market commentator says: "The chambers had deep expertise in both the industry and the law, including niche issues, and produced top-notch work on short timelines."

Arron Zitver is the practice director.

Notable Practitioners

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Lawrence Akka
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Lawrence Akka
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Lawrence Akka KC is a highly sought-after silk both for disputes involving cryptoassets and advisory work in the field. He co-authored the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts.

Lawrence is a very wise head, hugely experienced, user-friendly and has real expertise on issues around crypto.

Lawrence is top-notch in this space.

Sam Goodman
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Sam Goodman
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Sam Goodman is a strong-performing junior with significant expertise in cyberfraud and cryptocurrency disputes. His practice also encompasses civil fraud, asset recovery and banking cases. He was one of the authors of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts.

He is really standout and has been in the space a long time.

Sam is very good at thinking of alternative strategies and thinking around complex problems.

Sam is hard-working, user-friendly, approachable and intelligent.

Josephine Davies
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Josephine Davies
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Josephine Davies KC is active in the growing world of cryptoasset work. This includes acting for claimants in seeking freezing injunctions among a variety of other fraud cases. She also has experience acting for crypto exchanges in complex cross-jurisdictional proceedings.

She is an extremely sound and proficient practitioner.

Josephine makes really complicated things easy to understand and is an incredibly helpful asset in complex cases.

Paul Lowenstein
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Paul Lowenstein
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Paul Lowenstein KC brings his IT and telecommunications background to assist in approaching the novel sphere of cryptoassets. He has been involved in ground-breaking litigation in the space and has knowledge of a range of matters including obtaining freezing injunctions and cryptocurrency issues.

Paul's advocacy is brilliant; he has a very good style, has the ear of the court, isn't overbearing and is very persuasive.

Paul is very good across the board.

Ranked Barristers at
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Silks (KC)

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Lawrence Akka KC
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Lawrence Akka KC
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Josephine Davies KC
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Josephine Davies KC
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Paul Lowenstein KC
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Paul Lowenstein KC
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Juniors

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Sam Goodman
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Sam Goodman
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